300 Pieces
"Tutankhamon"
by Dutch-Helio '09
Ravensburger Art (2010)
Showing posts with label Tutankhamon. Show all posts
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2016-09-04
2016-07-10
Finished 10th July + updated with a DIY-showcase 12th October 2016
250 Pieces
Tutankhamons Death Mask
A handcut wooden jigsaw made by Michèle Wilson
explore the development process + information here
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3 months later I decided to build a frame and fix this wonderful wooden jigsaw puzzle.
1st step: I fixed a piece of thick white paper on the reverse side of the jigsaw puzzle
and coloured it black. I weighted it overnight to avoid the bending of the paper.
2nd step: I applied a special lacquer on the front of the jigsaw puzzle. It fixes the pieces and keeps the colours from water and fading. The lacquer had to dry for a day.
3rd step: I built a display case from high density fibreboard (30x43cm) and coloured it with dark-brown pigments on waterbase. I had to re-colour the display case several times to gain a close-to-black-colour.
4th step: I glued a wooden block of wood (6,5x9,5x5cm) inside the showcase and coloured it black with the same pigments like the showcase.
6th step: I fixed a metal hanging on the reverse side
final step: I glued the mask on the block and weighted it down overnight with a huge piece of metal
The mask looks like miraculously levitating inside the showcase
3 months later I decided to build a frame and fix this wonderful wooden jigsaw puzzle.
1st step: I fixed a piece of thick white paper on the reverse side of the jigsaw puzzle
and coloured it black. I weighted it overnight to avoid the bending of the paper.
2nd step: I applied a special lacquer on the front of the jigsaw puzzle. It fixes the pieces and keeps the colours from water and fading. The lacquer had to dry for a day.
3rd step: I built a display case from high density fibreboard (30x43cm) and coloured it with dark-brown pigments on waterbase. I had to re-colour the display case several times to gain a close-to-black-colour.
4th step: I glued a wooden block of wood (6,5x9,5x5cm) inside the showcase and coloured it black with the same pigments like the showcase.
6th step: I fixed a metal hanging on the reverse side
final step: I glued the mask on the block and weighted it down overnight with a huge piece of metal
The mask looks like miraculously levitating inside the showcase
2016-07-07
Development process of Tutankhamon's death mask - complete
This wonderful handcut jigsaw puzzle manufactured by Michèle Wilson is a birthday present. It was on display in my living room the previous six months and now I felt the need to assemble it. Enough adoration of a closed box showing the death mask of Tutankhamon :-)
In Summer 1980, I was 11 then, I visited the exhibition "The Treasures of Tutankhamon" in Cologne. My parents and me were 3 of 1.3 million visitors! The catalogue we bought is still in good condition :-) - you can see it here:
the first pieces fit together:
Obsidian eyes overlooking time
updated 9th July
updated 10th July
guess what: it's complete :-)
2010-08-16
Finished 16th August 2010
540 Pieces"Puzzleball" - Egypt
Detail on top: Tut-ench-amun
Detail: Horus
Detail: sphinx
Detail: the pharaos tomb and a caravan close to palmtrees
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